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Is There Still a Secular Virtue of Chastity?
\n&ldquo\;The long and helpless infancy of man requires the combination of parents for the subsistence of their young\; and that combination requires the virtue of chastity or fidelity to the marriage bed. Without such a utility\, it will readily be owned\, that such a virtue would never have been thought of.&rdquo\;-David Hume \;
\n&ldquo\;Rarely use venery but for health or offspring&rdquo\;-Benjamin Franklin
\nThe virtue of chastity has traditionally been portrayed as an excellent personal disposition towards the ideal ordering of sexual desire such that the agent desires that which is actually good for both the self and others affected by his or her sexual desires and actions. \; From the Stoics to the Enlightenment thinkers it had been thought that chastity was a valuable virtue that was worth developing for the sake of both self and others based entirely upon secular reasons. Yet\, that view is less common today. Instead\, chastity is sometimes portrayed as an unnecessary ideal with few secular benefits that could not be otherwise obtained.
\nKeynote Speaker: Jennifer Herdt (Yale University): &ldquo\;Chastity and the Well Lived Life&rdquo\;
\nPotential topics include:
\nThe Argument against Chastity
\nIs There a Secular Virtue of Chastity?  \;
\nWhich Virtue of Chastity? Choosing Between Competing Conceptions of Ideal Sexuality
\nChastity and Eudaimonia: The Role of Sexual Desire in a Flourishing Life
\nChastity as a Solution to Sexual Harassment in the era of #MeToo
\nIs Chastity Compatible with Feminism?
\nThe Value of Chastity in Itself
\nThe Epistemic Benefits of Chastity
\nChastity and the LBGT person
\nChastity and the Freedom of the Will
\nHumean Chastity: Unpleasant\, but Useful
\nThe Social Benefits of Chastity
\nDo Others Benefit from Chastity: Children\, Spouses\, and Society?
\nThe Vices of Prudery / Promiscuity &ndash\; How are they Harmful?
\nThe Social Context of Chastity: Social Structures That Promote or Undermine Chastity
\nChastity and Acknowledged Dependence
\nIs Chastity Really a Secular Virtue?
\nDo Contemporary Technologies Undermine the Usefulness of Chastity?
\nChastity and Socio-Economic Class: Does Class Play a Role in the Importance of Chastity?
\nHistorical or Fictional Exemplars of Chastity
\nChastity and Authenticity
\nPapers concerning all viewpoints\, philosophical traditions\, and issues related to chastity as a secular value are welcome. Please send abstracts of ~1000 words to eric.silverman@cnu.edu by December 15\, 2018. The conference will be held March 29-30\, 2019 at Christopher Newport University in Newport News\, VA. Conference registration will be $50. All papers will be considered for inclusion in a book proposal following the conference. The sessions for each paper will be 50 minutes. Conference papers should be 3000 words / 20 minutes reading time if you want a commentator OR up to 4000 words / 30 minutes if you don't want a commentator. http://sites.google.com/cnu.edu/isthereasecularvirtueofchastit
\nSponsored by The Christopher Newport University Department of Philosophy and Religion and
\nThe Institute for Religion\, Politics and Culture at Washington College
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